A lot going on around the world on the billfish calendar, with a number of tournaments – some big-money ones – slated in the first couple of weeks of August. Some of the tournament action we’ll be tracking here on billfishreport.com… Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament (HIBT). A huge tournament with teams from all around the world descending upon Kona and…
Congratulations to the Dreamweaver, which saw its 581-pound black marlin from the tournament’s first day hold up to win the tournament and its $18,000 first place purse. All told, 56 boats released 108 billfish, with two blacks, 33 blues, 64 striped marlin, and nine sailfish all told. Three fish in total were weighed – the 581 black plus a 441…
A good day on the billfish calendar, as today witnessed the first day of the first of the Bisbee’s tournaments this year. And a big day it was for the Dreamweaver, catching a 581-pound black marlin. Here’s the calendar for Bisbee’s tournaments for this year…with the Black and Blue boasting the largest purse of any billfish tournament in the world……
Ocean City, MD – With the upcoming White Marlin Open we felt it only appropriate that we post some recent video of what has been a good season thus far. Our friends at the Florida Outdoor Network have 100% exclusive video content and this was just filmed over the last few days. The fact that they mentioned GranderWatch.com does not…
Flamingo, CR- We got some great video of a small black marlin caught on the Mr. Trigger. Capt. Jason is making a real effort to start tagging his fish. This is his first tagged black marlin. Congratulations Jason! (www.flamingo-fishing.com)
Madeira– There have been a few nice fish around lately, with Grander releasing a 750 lbs blue marlin and Katherine B just releasing a 850 lbs yesterday. Two more fish were caught yesterday and the bait is around. Should be a nice run for the boys on the rock. We mentioned a really nice fish a couple weeks ago that…
Press release as of yesterday… Bisbee’s tournaments this year will require circle hooks when fishing with natural bait. Studies have shown for some time that circle hooks improve survival rates of released billfish – so the Billfish Report applauds decisions like this one that speak to conservation of billfish. For more information on this announcement, go to http://www.bisbees.com/Local/news/2010/articles/2010-005_circle-hooks.htm.
